Day 2 of our "Back to LA" stay!

Hello....well, good news....car started up beautifully this am!   PTL!    Shea did her schoolwork online.   I went to the bank and opened up Shea's accounts she needs.    Then Shea and I went and had "linner" at 3 pm ~ then went to see Burlesque.   We liked it!    Jamie called us to tell Shea that she has a "callback" for an audition she did 3 weeks ago.    It's for an MTV show ~ The Inbetweeners ~ Shea's role is Carly.   She is very excited!    Her appt. is at noon tomorrow.    Jamie is also still trying to set up a time for Shea to audition for a new Disney pilot ~ "Madison High."    The commercial shoots on Thursday.   Til tomorrow!

Liz and Shea are back in LA!

Hello....ok.....up early this morning (4:30 am) for our flight to LA.    Arrived safely at 9:30 am....then waited for shuttle to get us at 11 am.....he took us to Oakwood to pick up Shea's car.    But, unfortunately.....the car was dead.....a gentleman (Ron) who lives there....(our angel today!)....came to our rescue....and after many attempts....we got er going ~ Alleluia!     It was 1:30 pm by this point.....we had planned on going to the hotel first....(but, had change of plans!)....so we went to Jack in the Box for lunch at 2 pm (we were STARVING ~ as it was 5 pm our time!).....we kept the car going to recharge the battery....then from there went to Shea's wardrobe appt.    That was lots of fun meeting everyone working on the commercial ~ as well as the other actors that will be in it.    We have to go open up her Coogan Acct. tomorrow.   Her part of the commercial doesn't shoot til Thursday....so we have Tuesday and Wed. free.....Jamie is trying to set up an audition for Shea while we are in town....so we may have that?      I'll keep you posted.....til tomorrow!

Shea booked the commercial!

Hello.....well, exciting news tonight!!     Jamie called to say that Shea booked the commercial!   Yahoo!
Shea is thrilled and we are VERY proud of her!     It is a national dental commercial.    She has to be back in LA on Nov. 29th for wardrobe....then the shooting days are December 1-3.    Chris just booked our flights.    Another wonderful thing about this booking....is Shea will now be a SAG(Screen Actors Guild) member.   Which will open even more doors for her!   So we are very thankful for this opportunity.      And one other "praise report".....the doctor called from LA to say that the biopsy they took on my head....was benign!    Praise God!    So we do indeed have many, many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!
More than anything though.....is the blessing of our precious family and friends!     Happy Thanksgiving!

Day 80.....

Hello and Happy Friday!   :)       Well, LOTS of good news today!!     First of all,    Shea and I flew out a day before we were originally scheduled to fly home.    We left LA last night on flight at 12:30 am....got into Atlanta this morning around 7:30 am.....I wanted to be able to go see Sarah at the hospital....Rachel was having surgery today.   Surprised her....so thankful I could be home for that!     Rach came thru the surgery with flying colors...Praise God!    She had her tonsils taken out.    So, home safely....Rach is doing great!   And for even MORE splendid news.....Jamie called us to tell us that the directors from the dental commercial (where Shea was a BB player) ~ phoned to say that Shea in on "Avail".....basically making sure that she is available for the wardrobe day and shooting days of the commercial.   Which is Nov. 30th and shooting days ~ Dec. 1-3.    So, Shea has not been booked yet for this commercial....but, it's looking good!    We will definitely keep you posted!     Since I'm home now....I won't be writing a daily blog......
but, I will let you know what we hear about the commercial.    So, I will say.....til I write again.....P.S. It feels soooo wonderful to be home!   :)

Day 79.....

Hello.....exciting news.....Shea got a callback for that commercial!   :)     She is very excited!!!     It's a national dental commercial.....and Shea is a daughter that plays basketball.    Her callback time is at 5:05 pm tonight!    So we will see.....Countdown til we are home.....TWO days ~ Alleluia!    Til tomorrow.....

Day 78.....

Hello.....well, Shea had a great time at her audition last night.    She wore her Basketball shorts and shoes!
She had to show the director some of her BB moves!   :)     When they walked out...the director told all the girls in the room....they better look out....because Shea showed the most BB skill of any girl he had seen all day!!     Shea was thrilled!    That audition is for a national commercial.   So....we will see....?    Oh...and one of the girls there also auditioning....was the girlfriend of Joe....on Disney's Jonas Bro. Show....not Stella....but, the girl that was his girlfriend on the show just for a short while.     Shea was sooo excited to see her!   ha!     Countdown til we are home....THREE days!    Yippee!    Til tomorrow.....

Day 77.....

Hello.....well, we went from nothing yesterday.....to TWO auditions today!  :)     Shea has already gone to her first one....it was this morning.....for a pilot....for an "Untitled Bert V. Royal" project.    The role Shea tried out for was for : Andrea Praeger.      Her second audition is for a commercial....and guess what she has to be good at and dressed as?.....yup....a Basketball player!    Cool huh?!     She's excited!     Audition is at 6:10 pm ~ but, we will leave early due to the traffic!     Ok.....I'll keep you posted!    Countdown til HOME.....F O U R days ~ Yahoo!      Til tomorow.....

Day 76.....

Hello.....I woke up with a "knot" the size of a lemon under my right shoulder blade....(good times!  ha!)...
soooo....took some Aleve....went and got a massage....and Shea put some medicine on the area for me!  So, I'm on the road to recovery!    :)     PTL!     Shea has her last acting class tonight ~ she will start back with Patrick when she comes back the end of January.   Countdown til home.....5 days!    Til tomorrow.....

Day 75.....

Wow.....75 days here is LA!    It's been nice....but, can you tell I'm REALLY READY to get home?!!  ha!
Well.....I AM!   :)     We went to the brunch here at the clubhouse this morning.   I am doing laundry....and getting things organized here in the apt.   Shea has gone with friends here to Hollywood Blvd. to do some last minute shopping.  Little Miss Gracie is about to get a "bubble bath!"    Not much to report....just the counting down of days til home.....6 days!  Yippee!    Til tomorrow.....

Day 74.....

Hello.....Shea did get some feedback from her last two auditions.....from the Rock Barnes film ~ where Shea's role was Wendy....the casting director said she really liked Shea....but, the film director chose someone else.    And from One Last Drop ~ Shea's role was Kim....again Twinkie told Liz (Jamie's assistant) that she really likes Shea and that Shea has terrific acting skills...she just wasn't right for the role of Kim.    So there you go.....I just ran some errands today.....countdown til we are home....7 days!!!   :)
Til tomorrow.....

Day 73.....

Hello....and Happy Weekend!   :)      Well, Shea went to the audition yesterday....and "yes" it was the same Twinkie we had "met" in the car!       Shea had fun at the audition and felt great about it.....as always you just never know what they are looking for???     I had this spot on the crown of my head that had been bothering me the last few days....I couldn't see it....but, Shea could...and said it looked yucky.    So, got in to see Shea's dermatologist here this afternoon.    He looked at it and said he didn't like the way it looked.
So, he cut it out....and sent it off as a biopsy.    He will phone me with the results.    I just very thankful I was able to get in to see him!    Countdown til we are home.....8 days....YES!     Til tomorrow.....

Day 72.....

Hello....on this 72nd day of writing to you.....I have some exciting news to share.....remember the other day when we were in the car....and that lady pulled up next to us and asked if Shea was an actress...blah, blah, blah...ha!     Well, Shea got notification of an audition today.    It's for another feature film ~ "Just One Drop".     When Shea went to print out the sides (her lines for her scenes) ~ she noticed the name of the casting director ~ Tracy "twinkie" Byrd.    You guessed it ~ the lady in the car ~ her name is Twinkie!!!
I'm thinking the chances are pretty HIGH that it will be the same Twinkie Shea auditions for today!   :)   Isn't that cool?!    Oh, Shea's daddy's name in the film ~ "CJ" ~ (as in Chris Jones!) ~ I'm NOT kidding!!
Shea's name in this role is Kim.    Her audition is this afternoon at 3 pm.    As always we will keep you posted!    Countdown til home.....9 days.....!   Yippee!   Til tomorrow.....

Day 71.....

Hello....exciting day today!     We were on the set at Studio 1 at the UCLA Sound Stage today for the Dreams Out There shoot!    We got there and they got Shea in wardrobe and then did makeup.....then they started the filming!     There were only 2 scenes.....Shea was in both of them as Kim Kandy.     We were able to see a rough cut of it before we left.   Turned out really cute!   She will be mailing us a copy of the tape.    Shea had a wonderful time and really enjoyed being on a working set!  :)      Countdown til we are home.....10 days.....yahoo!!    Til tomorrow.....

Day 70.....

Hello.....we got a call last night about an audition today.    It was for a lead role in Rock Barnes ~ The Emperor in You.   A feature film.   Shea auditioned this morning for the role of Wendy ~ Rock Barnes 16 yr. old tennis phenom daughter.   She had fun at the audition and felt great about how it went.   There were a lot of people there auditioning for different roles in the movie.    One person was the girl that starred in John Ritter's last sitcom ~ 8 Simple Rules ~ she was his redheaded daughter ~ Amy Morrison (real name).  What a sweet girl....we talked for awhile.....she is just so down to earth and nice!  :)    Oh, have to tell you a "Funny!".......we were driving to the audition......and this lady in the car next to us....motioned to us to roll down our window....we did....and she asked if Shea was an actress??    I said yes....and she got all excited and said she was going to an auditioning right now.....loved her look....it just so "happened" I had TWO headshots with us....(seriously, I usually only have 1 for each audition! And something told me to take two.)....so, thru the car window I handed her one of Shea's headshots.....ha!!    Don't 'ya love it ~ only in Hollywood!!!   Have NO idea what it was she was casting for??      Shea is meeting with the director on Skype tonight ~ to go over her role as Kim Kandy ~ in "Dreams Out There".     They shoot that tomorrow.    Shea has to be on the set for "make-up" tomorrow morning.  :)      She's excited!     Til tomorrow.....

Day 69.....

Hello.....kind of a slow day today.....I did my ever famous laundry!  ha!    Shea did her school work.  I did go and get my parking spot today ~ the spot we will leave the car while we are home for a few months!  They also gave me a few numbers of shuttles too ~ that will be able to drive us to the airport!  :)    Shea received the script today ~ for "Dreams Out There" playing Kim Kandy.    She has her acting class tonight with Patrick.    No word from Jamie.    Ok....and cut!   Til tomorow.....

Day 68.....

Hello.....Shea and I had a nice dinner last night....then went to see "Due Date!"   It really is funny!!   :)
You know the kid that plays Axel on the show ~ "The Middle".....we saw him at the theatre.   He's little!  ha!    We went to the Sunday Brunch here at Oakwood this morning.    I talked to Rosie about leaving our car here ~ while we are home.    And she is going to look after it for us.    Which is sooo nice!!     We will pay for a parking spot ($65 a month) ~ and Rosie will just ck on it from time to time for us!     Shea is really excited about playing Kim Kandy in "Dreams Out There." ~ which they will shoot this coming Wednesday ~ Nov. 10th!     And countdown til we fly home.....12 days....yahoo!      Til tomorrow!

Day 67.....

Exciting news today!!!    Shea got the role of Kim Kandy in the student film ~ Dreams Out There.    They start shooting on Wed. ~ the 10th at the UCLA sound stage.    Shea is really excited!    It's a student film ~ so there is no pay involved.   But, it will go on her resume and it's great experience for her!    We are going to go have a nice dinner and go to a movie tonight to celebrate!   :)    Til tomorrow.....

Day 66.....

Hello and Happy Friday!   :)       Nothing to report today.....Shea put in a full day of school online.    I got to do laundry and go grocery shopping!    Good times!!   ha!    My highlight was talking with and laughing NON-STOP with my dear friend Sarah today!!   Countdown til we fly home.....14 days....tick tock!   Oh, Shea has an audition tomorrow afternoon for a role ~ as Mia Adams in a film ~ "Ready to Go."  Til tomorrow.....

Day 65.....

Hello....Shea once again felt really good about her audition today....this was for the role of Carly on the "Inbetweeners."   So....as I always say....we will see?   :)      I ordered Christopher's graduation announcements today.    I feel badly as I should have done that about a month ago!!     (Sorry Toph!)  But, they will arrive at home in about 10 days....and then I will get them in the mail!   Sooo proud of you Christopher!!    Two weeks from tomorrow ~ and we are flying home on the redeye!!    Yahoo!!   :)  
Til tomorrow.....

Day 64.....

Hola!    Shea felt really good about last night's audition....she was cute!     She came out of it ~ and said "Mom, I nailed it!"   :)     She said if I don't get that....it's because they wanted a different look for Lulu!   I loved the confidence!     Shea has a hair appt. this afternoon.....she just found out that she has another audition(for the role of Carly) for another pilot tomorrow morning at 11 am ~ it's for MTV ~ Show title is "The Inbetweeners."     Ok....that's all for now....til tomorrow.....

Day 63.....

Howdy.....Shea had another audition today....we just got home from it.   It was for a "voice-over" role for Nickelodeon's show ~ the "Winx Club."    Shea read for the lead role of Stella.   She went into a soundbooth and read the script.   She had so much fun!    The gal taping her told her she has a perfect voice for this work!    Now Shea is going to do her schoolwork.    Then she has her other audition at 5:30 tonight for the role of "Lulu" in "What Would Jane Do?" ~ another ABC pilot.     Til tomorrow.....

Day 62.....

Hello bloggers....We got Shea taped today reading her script for Raven.   They sent it to Jamie at MC Talent (Shea's manager).    Jamie got it....thinks it's great and is sending it on to casting at ABC for the untitled Brenda Hampton pilot.   I don't get to see Shea when she goes into auditions.   But, since I was the one reading the script with her today ~ I was able to watch her.   She always blows me away!   :)   She has her acting class tonight with Patrick.    Then it's on to practice for the role of Lulu for tomorrow's audition at 5:30 pm.    Til tomorrow.....